diff --git a/overlays/default.nix b/overlays/default.nix
index e6bffb01..c23df289 100644
--- a/overlays/default.nix
+++ b/overlays/default.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ with final; {
     commandLineArgs = "--enable-features=VaapiVideoEncoder,VaapiVideoDecoder,CanvasOopRasterization --force-dark-mode";
   };
 
+  grafana = prev.grafana.overrideAttrs (_: {
+    # broken with backports and take a good amount of time
+    doCheck = false;
+  });
+
   # hydra flake
   hydra = prev.hydra.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
     patches = oldAttrs.patches or [ ] ++ [